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The following is a transcript from an online class in story structure presented by the co-creator of Dramatica, Melanie Anne Phillips signed on as Dramatica: Dramatica: Okay, we move on to Mental Sex… This question is not about the gender of the main Character. And, it is not about their sexual preferences, AND, it is […]
Dramatica: Okay, we move on to Mental Sex… This question is not about the gender of the main Character. And, it is not about their sexual preferences, AND, it is not about masculine or feminine. It is about problem solving techniques,linear, or holistic. More often than not, if you have a male gender, they are […]
STORIES that have Mental Sex of Female: A Doll’s House: Nora effectively assesses what she needs to do to maintain the balance in her marriage. All About Eve: Margo uses holistic problem solving: When she first becomes suspicious of Eve’s motives, Margo smokes a cigarette and thinks about all that’s been happening; she asks Birdie’s […]
STORIES that have Mental Sex of Male: A Clockwork Orange: Alex evaluates matters primarily by cause and effect. When Alex wants something, he simply goes out and gets it. If he needs money, he steals it; if he wants to let out aggression, he beats people up; if he wants sex, he rapes; if his […]
Female as the Mental Sex — The Main Character favors a holistic approach to problem-solving. For example, female mental sex characters try to hold it all together while male mental sex tries to pull it all together; a mother whose family is breaking up does everything she can to make family life look more attractive […]
Male as the Mental Sex — The Main Character favors an analytical approach to problem-solving. For example, male mental sex looks at purposes while female mental sex sex looks at motivations; a detective sees that the pattern of stolen tools adds up to the culprit attempting next to rob the downtown bank; male mental sex […]
A Female Main Character’s psychology is based on assessing balance. The female Main Character resolves inequities by comparing surpluses to deficiencies. The manner employed in resolving the inequity will involve creating a surplus where a surplus is desired, creating a deficiency where a deficiency is desired, creating a surplus so a deficiency is felt elsewhere, […]
The male Main Character solves problems by examining what cause or group of causes is responsible for an effect or group of effects. The effort made to solve the problem will focus on affecting a cause, causing an effect, affecting an effect or causing a cause. This describes four different approaches. Affecting a cause is […]